Is there a list of agreed-upon global public goods?
Because policy choices (explicit or not) largely determine what isor is nota (global) public good, there is no fixed, “once-and-for-all” list of such goods. Some goods that have the properties of global publicness enjoy more policy consensus than others. But many global public goods are quite contentious. For example, while many agree on peace and security as a global public good, the way or means of producing this goodsuch as by disarmament or otherwiseis still a heavily debated issue. The UN Secretary-Generals Road Map report on the implementation of the UN Millennium Declaration identifies at least 10 global public goods that the international community is focusing on: • Basic human dignity for all people, including universal access to basic education and health care. • Respect for national sovereignty. • Global public health, particularly communicable disease control. • Global security or, put differently, a global public domain free from crime and violence. • Global peace. • Commu
